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MongoDB Enterprise Advanced vs Neo4j AuraDB comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 31, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (4th), NoSQL Databases (1st)
Neo4j AuraDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is 11.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Neo4j AuraDB is 5.2%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced11.1%
Neo4j AuraDB5.2%
Other83.7%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Uzair Faruqi - PeerSpot reviewer
Transforms data flow with adaptable schema and smooth public cloud deployment
One of our business units uses MongoDB, and we developed an ETL pipeline that extracts data from MongoDB and transfers it into our data warehouse MongoDB is a NoSQL database that is similar to a document database. It offers flexibility in schema adaptation, allowing us to change the schema and…
Jeff Dalgliesh - PeerSpot reviewer
Room for improvement in interface capabilities while rapidly solving domain-specific problems
Neo4j AuraDB is a great tool for understanding connections between things. The best features Neo4j AuraDB offers are that it is easy to quickly build a solution with their tooling. Regarding the tooling, I love how fast it is that you can use NeoDash to quickly mock up a UI, and it is really nice that you can build a GraphQL endpoint to connect it to third-party applications, such as Retool or custom applications that we build for clients. Neo4j AuraDB has impacted my organization positively as it has helped me solve problems much more quickly. A specific example of a problem I solved more quickly with Neo4j AuraDB is that I was able to work with an LLM to build graph data models for domain-specific problems. The collaboration with the LLM and Neo4j AuraDB sped up my process as I'm building a tool on top of Neo4j that allows me to control how I can access data in the graph, and Neo4j had a nice interface that allowed us to work with their underlying data model.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We are using real-time analytics and monitoring in MongoDB Enterprise Advanced; it is integrated—the existing advanced feature is integrated with our business analytics interface, and all the various business intelligence reports are generated from that."
"MongoDB is easy to use."
"We find the query and speed very valuable."
"The most valuable feature is that you can store unstructured data, which is helpful when you don't know what the best structure should be and you cannot use a relational database because of that."
"MongoDB is flexible and it allows other applications to be added."
"The aggregation framework is very powerful when elaborating on data."
"The most valuable feature is the geometric information done with GeoJSON."
"The solution is user-friendly with a good object retrieval feature."
"Integrating the front-end language with Neo4j AuraDB is a very easy process."
"From my experience, I particularly like the professional version. Initially, developers often start with the free variant. Once the project grows, we switch to the professional version, which offers multiple databases, expanded memory, and better scalability. This allows us to handle more data and use cloud scaling features."
"I like the idea of graphs and nodes and the possibilities Neo4j AuraDB offers."
"The best features Neo4j AuraDB offers are that it is easy to quickly build a solution with their tooling."
"The most valuable features of Neo4j AuraDB include its flexible data model and broad language support."
"The most beneficial things in terms of AuraDB are its speed, its good pricing, the multi-cloud availability."
"The tool is easy to use."
 

Cons

"I think it would be good to have more search options such as an index resource. This will provide more options and resources to do advance searches."
"It would help if MongoDB offered a light solution for small projects."
"MongoDB should support TypeScript."
"There are some problems with bugs appearing in sharding when the data is too high."
"Some of the solution's transaction capabilities can be improved."
"Our program developer finds it to be a little unstable, development-wise."
"I'd like to see an ID generator. It's very technical but I don't think it has one, so we have to go to great lengths to work around that."
"More stable indexes would be helpful in a future release. That's been an issue for some time. I don't know if it's been fixed now but we transitioned to it because we needed a search index to be able to search for things and if that goes or starts disappearing, we have to move away from that solution. I don't know if they fixed it, last time I had this issue was three years ago so they might have solved it."
"Some features can help if they can visualize graphs better."
"During the product's initial setup phase, there were some issues due to disconnections in the tool's network."
"There’s room for improvement in Neo4j AuraDB, especially on the developer side. The learning curve can be steep, and the interface for developing and pushing code can be unnecessarily complex. It might be beneficial to simplify this process to help developers ramp up more quickly. Working with graph databases like Neo4j can be more challenging than standard databases, particularly for juniors and those new to graph technology. Streamlining the development process could make it easier for new users to get up to speed. This would be particularly useful for teams with less experience in graph databases. If I could add a feature to Neo4j AuraDB, I’d focus on improving the Bloom interface. It’s excellent for visualizing smaller datasets, but navigating through it becomes challenging as the data grows—say, past 100,000nodes. The interface works well for beginners but doesn’t scale effectively for more advanced users of large datasets. I want a UI that bridges the gap between the easy-to-use Bloom interface and more complex, text-based tools. This would help manage larger datasets more efficiently and improve performance."
"In terms of AuraDB, the conversations have always been around scalability."
"I would love to see a Retool type of interface builder with Neo4j AuraDB."
"I've experienced it crashing a few times, so stability could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"MongoDB's pricing is not reasonable, but it is not as expensive as the others."
"It's a community edition, so we do not pay anything."
"MongoDB has a free version. You can also buy the enterprise edition, which is cheaper than Oracle."
"MongoDB is a free solution. We wanted to have high availability and the subscription cost was quite expensive because the basic one is free and then when you want to have some other replications or other features you will need to pay money. Overall the solution is expensive."
"The product is affordable."
"You only have to pay for the paid version, not the open-source version."
"There is an annual subscription for the use of this solution."
"The solution is open source, so it is free."
"The tool's enterprise edition is very expensive."
"Neo4j AuraDB is reasonably priced, especially considering it removes the need for cloud administration and associated costs. It's a good deal for the professional version, as it includes managed services, which reduces the overhead compared to setting up your own infrastructure. The cost can be higher for enterprise-scale projects, but that's often due to the scale and complexity of the project rather than the product itself. Startups sometimes overestimate their needs and jump to enterprise pricing too quickly, leading to higher costs than necessary."
"I am using an open-source version of Neo4j AuraDB."
"I used the free tier."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
8%
Computer Software Company
32%
Educational Organization
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise37
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about MongoDB?
MongoDB's approach to handling data in documents rather than traditional tables has been particularly beneficial.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB?
We pay approximately 2,000 euros per month for MongoDB.
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
I'm not sure about the documentation or the knowledge bases available for MongoDB because I don't interact with it at that level, but I would say it's minimal and could be improved. I am not experi...
What is your primary use case for Neo4j AuraDB?
My main use case for Neo4j AuraDB is solving water optimization problems for oil and gas operations. Neo4j AuraDB helps us resolve those water optimization problems by allowing us to store knowledg...
What advice do you have for others considering Neo4j AuraDB?
My advice to others looking into using Neo4j AuraDB is to consider how many graphs you can create as quickly as needed. I think Neo4j AuraDB is doing some amazing things. On a scale of 1-5, I rate ...
 

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